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Deuteronomy 26:5
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 you shall make this response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous.(A)
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering(A) Aramean,(B) and he went down into Egypt with a few people(C) and lived there and became a great nation,(D) powerful and numerous.
Deuteronomy 10:22
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Deuteronomy 10:22
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22 Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven.(A)
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Deuteronomy 10:22
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22 Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,(A) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.(B)
Genesis 46:27
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Genesis 46:27
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27 The children of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.(A)
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Genesis 46:27
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27 With the two sons[a] who had been born to Joseph in Egypt,(A) the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy[b] in all.(B)
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- Genesis 46:27 Hebrew; Septuagint the nine children
- Genesis 46:27 Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) seventy-five
Genesis 43:1-2
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Genesis 43:1-2
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The Brothers Come Again, Bringing Benjamin
43 Now the famine was severe in the land.(A) 2 And when they had eaten up the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again; buy us a little more food.”
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Genesis 43:1-2
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Genesis 43:1-2
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The Second Journey to Egypt
43 Now the famine was still severe in the land.(A) 2 So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt,(B) their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”(C)
Genesis 31:20
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Genesis 31:20
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20 And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.
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Genesis 31:20
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Genesis 45:11
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Genesis 45:11
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11 I will provide for you there, since there are five more years of famine to come, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty.’
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Genesis 45:11
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11 I will provide for you there,(A) because five years of famine(B) are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’(C)
Genesis 45:7
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Genesis 45:7
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7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to keep alive for you many survivors.
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Genesis 45:7
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7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant(A) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.[a](B)
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- Genesis 45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors
Genesis 43:12
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Genesis 43:12
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12 Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the top of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.(A)
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Genesis 43:12
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12 Take double the amount(A) of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks.(B) Perhaps it was a mistake.
Genesis 31:24
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Genesis 31:24
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24 But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad.”(A)
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Genesis 31:24
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Genesis 31:24
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24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean(A) in a dream at night and said to him,(B) “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”(C)
Acts 7:15
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Acts 7:15
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15 so Jacob went down to Egypt. He himself died there as well as our ancestors,(A)
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Acts 7:15
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15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.(A)
Hosea 12:12
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Hosea 12:12
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12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.[a](A)
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- 12.12 Heb lacks sheep
Hosea 12:12
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Hosea 12:12
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Isaiah 51:1-2
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Isaiah 51:1-2
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Blessings in Store for God’s People
51 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord.
Look to the rock from which you were hewn
and to the quarry from which you were dug.(A)
2 Look to Abraham your father
and to Sarah, who bore you,
for he was but one when I called him,
but I blessed him and made him many.(B)
Isaiah 51:1-2
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Isaiah 51:1-2
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Everlasting Salvation for Zion
51 “Listen(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness(B)
and who seek(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock(D) from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2 look to Abraham,(E) your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
and I blessed him and made him many.(F)
Psalm 105:23-24
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Psalm 105:23-24
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23 Then Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.(A)
24 And the Lord made his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes,(B)
Psalm 105:23-24
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Psalm 105:23-24
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